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typeId: term
recordId: host-api
fields:
  title: Host API
  definition: The stable semantic API exposed by a Host Implementation to Benac Core and
    packages, including storage, CID creation/parsing/verification, DRISL encoding and
    decoding, authentication, signing, encryption, schema validation, trust query,
    capability request, invocation lifecycle, evidence emission, effect emission,
    disclosure recording, blob access, remote storage, remote compute, clock, random
    bytes, Station Profile inspection, and mediated operation status.
  sourceDocument: user-provided definitions table
  sourceSections:
    - 7. Definitions
  order: 8470
  sourceVersion: 2026-05-06
---
